Bone Mineral Drugs Flashcards

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What is plasma calcium tightly regulated at?
What are components of plasma calcium?

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  • plasma calcium tightly regulated at 2.5 mM = 5mEq/L = 10mg/dl
  • 50% ca is free, 40% bound to albumin and 10% complexted with citrate or phosphtate etc.
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  • what are the major sites of action for blood calcium regulation?
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  • Bone
  • GI- total dietary intake of ca is about 1000 mg/day and excretion in feces is about 900mg/day
  • Kidney- excretion of calcium is about 100mg/day
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Function of PTH, site of synthesis, action?

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  • function is to increase plasma ca
  • made by parathyroid glands, hence the name duh
  • acions include: increased bone resorption, increased kidney reabsorption, increased active form of vitamin d.

**calcium sensing GPCR allow both PTH and calcitonin secreting cells to respond to extracellular calcium. These are found in parathyroid glands AND parafollicular cells of thyroid.

** activation of these calcium receptors –> activate PLC–> DAG and IP3

**Inhibition of adenylate cyclase –> suppress intracellular cAMP

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Function, site of synthesis and actions of Calcitonin?

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  • opposite of PTH, decreased plasma Ca
  • made in parafollicular cells of thyroid (also made in other tissues like lung and intestinal tract)
  • actions: decrease bone resorption, decrease kidney reabsorption, decrease active form of vitamin D.
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Function, site of synthesis, actions of Calcitriol (vitamin 1, 25 dihydroxy-d3?

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  • Function is to increase plasma Ca
  • Made in skin and blood
  • actions: increase calcium uptake from GI (most important phsiologic action)
  • pharmacologic actions: increse kidney reabsorption, increase bone resorption (paradoxical. increasing doses promote resorption. calcium can reverse this effect).
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What can lead to calcium homeostasis loss?

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  • estrogen deficiency
  • glucocoritcoid excess
  • growth hormone deficiency
  • insulin deficiency
  • primary hypoparathyroidism
  • cancer
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What is the response to low plasma Ca?

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  • detectd by parathyroid –> increased PTH synthesis
  • increased absorption of calcium by kidney and increased synthesis of calcitrol and increased resorption of bone

** more calcitriol results in increased GI absorption of calcium

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what is the response to high plasma calcium?

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  • detected by parafollicular cells of thyroid –> calcitonin synthesis
  • decresed synthesis and secretion of PTH
  • decreased resorption of bone
  • shift to inactive form of vitamin D
  • decreased PTH cause increased excretion of Ca.
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PTH MOA?

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  • bind plasma membrane receptor –> activate adenylate cyclase

–> inrease cAMP –> cAMP activates protein kinases –> action results in increased urinary cAMP (a test for parathyroid gland function)

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MOA of teriparatide and clinical use?

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it is a hrPTH 1-34 that directly stimulates bone formationa nd acts through PTH receptors

  • may stimulate IGF-1
  • excess cause bone resorption but low doses increase bone formation without stimulating resorption
  • clinical uses for women with osteoporosis after bisphosphanate therapy
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MOA of reloxifene and clinical use?

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Selective estrogen recpetor modulator that is a estrogen agonist effect in bone

  • estrogen antagonist effects in breast and endometrium

**beneficial effects of estrogen without stimulating breast cancer and use din osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

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Side effects of raloxifene??

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  • hot flashes, leg cramps, thromboembolism!
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MOA of Denosumab and clinical applicaitons?

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  • monoclonal antibody to RANKL
  • block stimulation of osteocyte formation by RANKL and decrease osteoporosis
  • increase bone mass in patietns with breast or prostate cancer.
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Function of FGF23 and what produces it?

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  • inhibit production of 1, 25 OH2D3 so opposes PTH in kidney
  • produced by osteoclast and osteoblasts
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MOA calcitonin and thearapeutic use?

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  • bind plasma membrane receptor to inhibit bone resorption
  • decreases ruffled border surface area on osteoclasts

NOT a global inhibitor of PTH

  • **DIRECT RENAL effects

**used for hyperclacemia and paget’s disease osteoporosis (nasal spray)

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duration of action for calcitonin

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  • short term treatment of hypercalcemia
  • development of antibodies occur with long ter use even with hCT
  • prednisone can be used for hypercalcemia but it takes 1 to 2 weeks to work
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Calcitriol MOA

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  • stimulates Ca and phosphate absorption in the small intestine
  • primary effect is th induce synthesis of calbinding (famil of ca binding protein)
  • bind to transcription factor to increase mRNA, protein synthesis
  • has additional effects in increasing uptake of Ca form intestine in duodenum
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calcitriol therapeutic exaples and clinical use?

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  • calcitriol can be used for rickets, osteomalacia, hypoparathyroidism, and in prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
  • cholecalciferol = vitamin d3, ergosterol, ergocalciferol = vitamin d2, 25-OH cholecalciferol all used for vitamin d deficiency
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Calcitriol analogs and clinical uses?

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  • calcipotriol, used in tx of psoriasis (more effectiv than GC)
  • dihydrotachysterol- used for osteoporosis
  • paricalcitrol- reduce PTH secretion
  • 22-oxacalcitriol- suppress PTH gene expression

**last two for patients with increased PTH

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MOA of bisphosphonates, drug examples and clinical use?

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  • suppress activity of osteoclasts and inhibits bone resorption; very effective at killing osteoclasts
  • used for osteoporosis and paget’s disease
  • first gen: etidronate
  • 2nd gen: alendronate, pamidronate, ibandronate
  • 3rd gen: risedronate, zoledronate

**with every generation, drugs becoem more and more potent.

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Side effects of bisphosphanates?

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  • like denosumab, can cause osteonecrosis of the jaw (more common with 3rd gen and pts with cancer after prolonged therapy)!

-bone under teeth exposed, swelling, loose teeth, esophageal irritation

22
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Which drugs are useful in reversing lymphoma induced hypercalcemia?

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  • glucocorticoids- they antagonize Ca uptake in intestine and are a common cause of osteoporosis in adults!!
23
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What replacement therapy has been shown to prevent osteoporosis? Side effects?

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  • estrogen
  • increased risk of thrombosis
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Calcimimetic MOA, drug example, and clinical use?

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  • bind and activate calcium- sensing receptors
  • cinacalcet- hyperparathyroidism in patietns with parathyroid carcinoma

**allows PTH suppression at lower Ca2+ concentration so it is more sensitive to calcium.

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which antibiotic has been used for paget’s disease and hypercalcemia for many years?

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  • plicamycin but it is seldom used now. It is used for short term tx of hypercalcemia still
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strontium ranelate MOA, clinical use, side effects?

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  • blocks differentiation of osteoclasts and promotes apoptosis
  • promotes bone formation via osteoblasts –> increase bone mineral density and decrease fractures
  • used for osteoporosis and osteoarthritis
  • side effects: venous thromboembolisms, and heart attack!!!
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What’s the use of Fluoride as tx? Side effects?

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  • long used for dental caries prevention
  • F bind calcium and can be used to prevent blood clotting
  • side effects from toxicity: osteosclerosis (hydroxyapatite replaced by fluoroapatite)

and mottled enamel (fluorosis)